CVE-2012-4549

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

1.31% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 68.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

6.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.

Red Hat severity

Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2013-01-05 00:00Z13 YR AGO

Last updated

2026-05-14 22:16Z3 MO AGO

Reserved

2012-08-21

Assigning CNA

redhat

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Medium (CVSS 6.5)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Weaknesses

• CWE-266Incorrect Privilege AssignmentBase
• CWE-264

Data version

5.2

Document digest

166774f5a8fe46e229703a0588dcb5025ce760d98116c02cc34f6f5a005ff515

• rhn.redhat.comhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1591.html
• rhn.redhat.comhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1592.html
• rhn.redhat.comhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1594.html
• secunia.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/51607
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2012:1591https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012:1591vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2012:1592https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012:1592vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2012:1594https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012:1594vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• access.redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-4549vdb-entryx_refsource_REDHAT